Episode 448 - Show Notes
- Take those three powerful words to heart: “It is finished.” Jesus stepped in and took our guilty sentence. He is our substitute. He took our place on the cross. Once and for all Jesus paid the awful penalty for sins.
- It’s important we understand that Jesus’s work on the cross is complete. As Jesus cried out, “It is finished.” Justice has been served. There is nothing else to be done.
- Recently, a family friend was sharing about her conversion to Christ. She had been attending church services for a while, but had not confessed Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. One night, one of her friends asked her, “Would you like to receive Jesus as your savior?” She responded, “I don’t think I’m good enough.”
- I believe there are many who feel the same way. They believe there is something they must do to earn or deserve forgiveness for their sins.
- We are incapable of earning God’s salvation, but by His grace, we are capable of receiving it.
- This is only possible because of the finished work of Jesus on the cross. As Jesus cries out his last words, “it is finished”, an awesome spiritual transaction took place. God the Father laid upon God the Son all the guilt and wrath our sin deserved, and He bore it in Himself perfectly, totally satisfying the wrath of God for us.
- God’s plan of salvation is complete. Our part is to believe. The Bible says “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.”
John 19:28-30 - “Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.”
Ephesians 2:8-9 - “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”
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